The Case of the Frightened Innkeeper

"The Case of the Frightened Innkeeper" is the last of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris included in the fourteenth Saint book The Saint Goes On published in 1934.

Plot
The Saint and Hoppy Uniatz are summoned to a small inn on the English coast to investigate strange nighttime activity in and around the hotel which has left the owner of the inn and his niece a bundle of nerves.

Television adaptation
"The Case of the Frightened Innkeeper" was adapted as an episode of The Saint starring Roger Moore titled "The Frightened Inn-Keeper" and aired on February 18, 1965, as part of the third season.